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• Imagine Muny concert raises money to save historic Austin golf course

  02-03-2025 23:19 via kxan.com
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — It was a packed house at ACL Live for the annual Imagine Muny gala on Friday.The event, which has been going on for the past four years, helps raise money to save the historic golf course.
  This year the headliner was Wynonna Judd with Chaparelle opening up for her.
  Opened in 1924 by the Lions Club of Austin, Muny has been a public golf course for100 years and it wasthe first golf course in the South to desegregate. MUNY celebrates 100 years: The past, present and futur
  
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• No. 1 Texas clinches share of SEC regular season title in 1st season

  02-03-2025 22:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Part of the mission for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team is now complete. In their first year in the Southeastern Conference, they'll get a piece of the regular season title after blowing out Florida 72-46 Sunday at Moody Center.With a 15-1 record, the No. 1 Longhorns will share the regular season title with No. 6 South Carolina. A coin flip will decide who gets the top seed into the SEC tournament that begins March 5 in Greenville, South Carolina.The No. 1 Texas
  
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• LIVE Horns Report: No. 1 Texas clinches share of SEC regular season title in 1st season

  02-03-2025 22:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Part of the mission for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team is now complete. In their first year in the Southeastern Conference, they'll get a piece of the regular season title after blowing out Florida 72-46 Sunday at Moody Center.With a 15-1 record, the No. 1 Longhorns will share the regular season title with No. 6 South Carolina. Since both teams beat each other in SEC play, a coin flip decided their seeds for the conference tournament that begins March 5 in Gree
  
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• First Warning: Extreme wildfire risk on Tuesday

  02-03-2025 21:54 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) -- On Tuesday, a cold front will sweep through Central Texas with scattered showers. Behind that front, winds will shift to the west and gust up to 50 mph throughout the day. Relative humidity is forecast to drop to 5-15% by the early afternoon hours with high temperatures in the 70s and low 80s.The ground is already drier than normal, with portions of Travis, Bastrop, Hays, Blanco, Burnet, Llano and Gillespie Counties under an extreme drought. For context, looking at 180-day rainf
  
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• How Austin is preparing for SXSW 2025, spring festivals

  02-03-2025 20:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — City of Austin leaders discussed what people can expect during this year's SXSW and other spring festivals. Free events during 2025 SXSW conferenceAustin Mayor Kirk Watson as well as leaders from Austin Center for Events, the Austin Police Department, the Transportation and Public Works Department and CapMetro spoke during a briefing at Butler Park in south Austin."There are no shortage of things for us to do in this great city," Mayor Watson said. "From Rodeo Austin, to th
  
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• Austin prepares for Spring Festival Season

  02-03-2025 20:49 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — The city of Austin is making plans ahead of Spring Festival Season.City leaders are expected to discuss plans Monday and share information with Austinites and visitors ahead of this year’s festival season.Austin Mayor Kirk Watson will be joined by leaders from Austin Center for Events, the Austin Police Department, the Transportation and Public Works Department and CapMetro to speak during a briefing at Butler Park in south Austin Free events during 2025 SXSW conferen
  
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• Would you eat a ‘Texas Strip?’: Texas Lt. Gov. in talks to change name of this famous steak cut

  02-03-2025 17:35 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick said the Texas Senate would work to change the name of the New York Strip to the “Texas Strip.” The change would apply to the cuts of meat in the Lone Star State only.Patrick attributed the need for the change to Texas-raised cattle and the Texas cattle ranchers.“We ask restaurants to change the name of this strip of meat the next time they reprint their menus, and grocery stores to do the same. We want this to catch on across the coun
  
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• What is causing your spring allergies and what can you do to prevent them?

  02-03-2025 13:18 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – After months of being cooped up inside for winter, it feels like it's finally starting to warm up, and spring is just around the corner. Everything is slowly turning from those drab wintry colors to bright green all around you. But as it does for so many of us, this changing of seasons also brings a runny nose, itchy eyes, and coughing.This is due to seasonal allergies, which affect roughly 100 million people in the U.S., according to the American College of Allergy, Asthma &am
  
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• Judge extends block on Trump gender-affirming care federal funding ban

  02-03-2025 13:17 via kxan.com
  
  (The Hill) — A federal judge extended a temporary injunction on Friday blocking the Trump administration from withholding federal funds from institutions that provide gender-affirming care for transgender youth. U.S. District Court Judge Lauren King ruled that President Trump’s executive orders violate the Constitution’s Fifth Amendment, which grants equal protection under the law. King said Trump’s existing orders would “prevent federally funded medical p
  
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• Austin-area based Firefly Aerospace successfully lands on moon

  02-03-2025 12:28 via kxan.com
  
  This low resolution photo was sent by Blue Ghost One shortly after landing. It shows the first photo of the lunar surface taken by the lander. (Credit: Firefly Aerospace)
  Cedar Park, TX (KXAN) -- Hundreds of people, including employees of Firefly Aerospace, NASA and VIPs, cheered at the Blue Ghost One lunar landing party on Sunday morning. Mission accomplished!After a 45-day journey, a lunar lander built in Central Texas became the first commercially built spacecraft to successfully land on the
  
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• With tournament chances in the balance, Texas falters at home with loss to Georgia

  02-03-2025 05:08 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Texas entered Saturday's game against Georgia with dwindling chances to make the NCAA tournament, and now, after their third consecutive loss, they've gotten worse.The Bulldogs shot 52% and outscored the Longhorns 19-6 in second-chance points to claim an 83-67 win at Moody Center. Texas dropped to 16-13 overall and 5-11 in the Southeastern Conference with two regular season games to go. Harmon’s half-court heave helps No. 1 Texas hold off Mississippi State 68-64Georgi
  
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• Liberty Hill falls to Aaliyah Chavez, Lubbock Monterey in UIL 5A-D2 girls hoops title game

  02-03-2025 03:16 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — Lubbock Monterey held Liberty Hill to two points in the second quarter and sailed to a Class 5A-Division II girls basketball title 64-35 Saturday at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Texas.Led by the consensus national No. 1 recruit Aaliyah Chavez, Monterey held the Panthers to eight points in the final frame, missing 11 of their last 12 shots. Chavez scored a game-high 19 points but took 26 shots to do it. She was named the game's MVP. Harmon’s half-court heave helps No.
  
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• Will Demi Moore be the first Best Actress from a horror film in 14 years?

  02-03-2025 02:13 via kxan.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — This Sunday, four first-time Oscar nominees and one previously nominated actress will all vie for the Best Actress statuette at the 97th Academy Awards. But one actress' win would be a big win for the horror genre, which has historically been overlooked by the Academy.
  While over the years there have been numerous horror films and performances not acknowledged by the Academy, this year's Oscar ceremony could be a little different.
  This image released by Mubi shows Demi Moore in
  
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• Connor Zilisch's 'not smart' moves lead him to victory at Focused Health 250 in Austin

  02-03-2025 01:32 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (KXAN) — While most people are busy entering adulthood at 18 years old, Connor Zilisch is winning professional stock car races.Zilisch shrugged off early and late trouble to capture the checkered flag in the NASCAR Xfinity Series Focused Health 250 on Saturday at Circuit of the Americas. It's his second career win on NASCAR's second circuit. How to watch the NASCAR races at Austin’s Circuit of the AmericasZilisch had to take a penalty for entering the pits when they were close
  
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• State of Texas: Governor and Attorney General announce investigations into the Texas Lottery

  02-03-2025 01:00 via kxan.com
  
  AUSTIN (Nexstar) — On Thursday, the Texas Senate unanimously voted to ban lottery courier services, as allegations of money laundering and fraud prompted investigations from the Texas Rangers and the Attorney General's office.Senators and investigators are primarily concerned with two drawings. The first was a $95 million Lotto Texas jackpot, where a foreign entity named Rook TX spent around $25 million to play nearly every number combination. The second was a $83.5 million Lotto Texas jac
  
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• Trump takes actions to increase lumber supplies and curb wood imports

  02-03-2025 00:30 via kxan.com
  
  WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Saturday signed a pair of actions to increase domestic lumber production, including a directive for the Commerce Department to investigate the possible harms that lumber imports pose to national security.
  The U.S. president signed an executive order to increase the possible supplies of timber and lumber and possibly lower housing and construction costs. The goal is to streamline the permitting process by salvaging more wood from forest
  
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